Political Commentaries

by Edward S. Herman

Edward S. Herman is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania, an economist and media analyst. He
is author of numerous books, including Corporate Control, Corporate
Power (1981), The Real Terror Network (1982), Manufacturing Consent
(1988, with Noam Chomsky), Manufacturing Consent has a
revised edition of 2002 (Pantheon) as well as a French version (La Fabrique de l'Opinion publique - La Politique économique des médias américains, Serpent à Plumes, 2003), Triumph of the Market (1995), The Myth of The Liberal Media: an Edward Herman Reader (1999),...

He
contributes comments
on World events. These columns deal with the Russian/IMF/Bank of
New York money-laundering case, the hypocritical Western positions
and
statement on events and responsabilities in East Timor, the possible
trial of Pol Pot for war crimes and Henry Kissinger's impunity
to
any such trial, the double standard in coverage of Suharto and Pol
Pot, the media complicity in covering up U.S./Indonesia collusion
on East Timor, media subservience to dominant US interests, the US
self-given right to bomb, the US as "Superterrorist",
genocide in the Middle East, September 11th, Afghanistan, Iraq,
"Democracy" in the US Empire, Yugoslavia and Kosovo, Iran.... and
much more.

David Peterson has become over the years Ed Herman's main collaborator, and has co-written many of these articles and essays. David Peterson is is an independent journalist and researcher based in the Chicago area of the United States.